Thoughts on Transition

I've thought a lot the past few days on transition. I am one who doesn't do well with change....a thing I know isn't healthy. I had a teacher in high school that once suggested Who Moved My Cheese? a book about how we need to be flexible and change with our circumstance. I still haven't read it...probably because I'd have to learn how to adapt to change if I did. Anyways, I am slowly adapting to living in an entirely new place. The first few days I was grumpy, sad, and so homesick. I DID NOT want to be here. I knew that my attitude was making it worse, but didn't really care. I kept comparing where I am to where I came from and it definitely wasn't helping me adjust.

Yesterday I decided to get up and get out of the apartment early. We went out to Jordan Landing and did some shopping for items we needed such as new shower curtains and garbage cans. I decided that it is just going to take some time to make friends and get involved in the community. I am looking for a preschool for Carson...hopefully we can make some friends that way. I am hoping we'll make a lot of friends in our ward and I am going to try to go to playgroup tomorrow...if I can find out where it is. Our biggest challenge now is not having any friends to go do things with. I know that Carson gets lonely during the day and we've been going up to Salt Lake to play with cousins in the afternoon. Carson is a lot like me and has a hard time with change. This was our conversation last night as we were driving home from Salt Lake:

Carson: Are we going home?
Me: Yes
Carson: Are we going to our new apartment?
Me: Yes
Carson: I don't love our new apartment.
Me: I'm sorry.
Carson: I just want to go home because I love our old apartment so very much.
Me: Our home in Rexburg?
Carson: Yes, Rexburg. I want to go home to Rexburg.

Yes, Carson, I want to go home to, but we can't and so all we can do is learn to change and get to know new people! Hopefully we can do it sooner than later!!